CVSROOT: /web/www
Module name: www
Changes by: Karl Berry <karl> 10/10/09 23:22:26
Modified files:
. : home.shtml
Log message:
more links into gnu/ subdir; punctuation; no "did you know"
CVSWeb URLs:
http://web.cvs.savannah.gnu.org/viewcvs/www/home.shtml?cvsroot=www&r1=1.445&r2=1.446
Patches:
Index: home.shtml
===================================================================
RCS file: /web/www/www/home.shtml,v
retrieving revision 1.445
retrieving revision 1.446
diff -u -b -r1.445 -r1.446
--- home.shtml 20 Sep 2010 16:31:37 -0000 1.445
+++ home.shtml 9 Oct 2010 23:22:21 -0000 1.446
@@ -2,7 +2,7 @@
<title>The GNU Operating System</title>
-<meta http-equiv="Keywords" content="GNU, FSF, Free Software Foundation,
Linux, Emacs, GCC, Unix, Free Software, Operating System, GNU Kernel, HURD, GNU
HURD, Hurd" />
+<meta http-equiv="Keywords" content="GNU, FSF, Free Software Foundation,
Linux, Emacs, GCC, Unix, Free Software, Operating System, GNU Kernel, GNU Hurd"
/>
<meta http-equiv="Description" content="Since 1983, developing the free Unix
style operating system GNU, so that computer users can have the freedom to
share and improve the software they use." />
<link rel="alternate" title="What's New"
href="http://www.gnu.org/rss/whatsnew.rss"; type="application/rss+xml" />
<link rel="alternate" title="New Free Software"
href="http://www.gnu.org/rss/quagga.rss"; type="application/rss+xml" />
@@ -32,24 +32,25 @@
<h2>What is GNU?</h2>
-<p>GNU was launched in 1984 to develop a complete Unix-like operating
-system which is <a href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>—
software which respects your freedom.</p>
-
- <p class="c"><a href="/distros/screenshot.html"><img
src="/graphics/t-desktop-4-small.jpg" alt="Screenshot of GNU" /></a></p>
-
- <p>Unix-like operating systems are built from a collection
- of <a href="/software/libc/">libraries</a>, <a
- href="http://directory.fsf.org/GNU";>applications</a> and <a
- href="/software/gdb/">developer tools</a> — plus a program
+<p><a href="/gnu/gnu.html">GNU</a> was launched in 1984 to develop a
+complete Unix-like operating system which is <a
+href="/philosophy/free-sw.html">free software</a>— software which
+respects your freedom.</p>
+
+ <p class="c"><a href="/distros/screenshot.html"><img
+ src="/graphics/t-desktop-4-small.jpg" alt="Screenshot of GNU"
+ /></a></p>
+
+ <p>Unix-like operating systems are built from a <a
+ href="http://directory.fsf.org/GNU/";>collection</a> of
+ applications, libraries, and developer tools — plus a program
to allocate resources and talk to the hardware, known as a
kernel.</p>
- <p><a href="/software/hurd/">Hurd, GNU's kernel</a> is actively
+ <p><a href="/software/hurd/">The Hurd, GNU's kernel</a>, is actively
developed, but is still some way from being ready for daily use,
- so GNU is often used with a kernel called Linux.</p>
-
-
-
+ so GNU is <a href="/gnu/gnu-linux-faq.html">often used with a
+ kernel called Linux</a>.</p>
<!--
Keep link lines at 72 characters or lynx will break them poorly.
@@ -63,7 +64,7 @@
<div class="yui-u">
- <p class="button c large"><a
href="http://www.gnu.org/software/software.html#HowToGetSoftware";>Download GNU
now</a></p>
+ <p class="button c large"><a
href="/software/software.html#HowToGetSoftware">Download GNU now</a></p>
<div class="emph-box">
@@ -123,12 +124,12 @@
<p>The combination of <a href="/gnu/linux-and-gnu.html">GNU and
Linux</a> is the <strong>GNU/Linux operating system</strong>,
now used by millions and sometimes incorrectly called simply
- 'Linux'.</p>
+ “Linux”.</p>
- <p><strong>Did you know?</strong> The name “GNU” is
- a recursive acronym for “GNU's Not Unix!”; —
- it is pronounced <em>g-noo</em>, as one syllable with no vowel
- sound between the <em>g</em> and the <em>n</em>.</p>
+ <p>The name “GNU” is a recursive acronym for
+ “GNU's Not Unix!”; — it is pronounced
+ <em>g-noo</em>, as one syllable with no vowel sound between the
+ <em>g</em> and the <em>n</em>.</p>
</div>
@@ -203,12 +204,12 @@
href="http://www.fsf.org/campaigns/priority-projects/";>High
Priority Projects</a>?</strong> GNU PDF, Gnash, coreboot,
free distributions of GNU/Linux, GNU Octave, drivers for
- network routers and reversable debugging in GDB, as well as
+ network routers, and reversibble debugging in GDB, and also
free software replacements for Skype, OpenDWG libraries,
RARv3 and Oracle Forms.</p>
<p id="unmaint"><strong>Can you help take over an <a
- href="http://www.gnu.org/server/takeaction.html#unmaint";>unmaintained
+ href="/server/takeaction.html#unmaint">unmaintained
GNU package</a>?</strong> <a
href="/software/alive/">alive</a>, <a
href="/software/dr-geo/">dr-geo</a>, <a
@@ -225,7 +226,7 @@
href="/software/vmslib/">vmslib</a> are all looking for
maintainers.
<a
- href="http://www.gnu.org/server/takeaction.html#unmaint";>More
+ href="/server/takeaction.html#unmaint">More
information</a>.</p>
</div>
@@ -257,7 +258,7 @@
<p>Last Updated:
<!-- timestamp start -->
- $Date: 2010/09/20 16:31:37 $
+ $Date: 2010/10/09 23:22:21 $
<!-- timestamp end -->
</p>
